Chapter 16 The Silent Chief

The warm and humid sea breeze landed from Fuhai City in the southeast of the Shengfu Dynasty, carrying the salt and fishy smell of the Qishan Islands, rushing through the narrow strip between the North and South Rivers, and plunging into the boundless farmland, taking away a lot of grass and wood fragrance. When it reached Pangshan, it became unsteady, like a drunkard who couldn't tell the direction, circling among the mountains. When it finally passed through the dense forests in the north of the mountain, it had lost its initial determination. As soon as it fought, it was defeated by the ice and snow in the land of monsters.

Zuo Liuying stood on the edge of the Laozu Peak of Pangshan, slowly inhaled a little air, and distinguished 53 kinds of smells from it, including the unique fragrance of glutinous rice cakes in a small town on the north bank of Nanjiang River. That was the place he visited thirty-six years ago, and he still remembers it vividly.

For him, the memory of thirty-six years was too short, as if it was yesterday. With a little effort, he could even remember his fetal movements in his mother's womb. It was a cramped and small place to live, but at that time, he would rather stay in it forever.

Zuo Liuying remembered everything he had experienced. He was different before he was born - he was born with Taoist bones. His parents were panicked about this and asked dozens of elders from the nine major Taoist sects. Everyone came to the same conclusion: this was a natural genius who could practice Taoism in his mother's womb.

Therefore, when Zuo Liuying was born, he did not cry and scream like ordinary children, but sat cross-legged, with his left hand pressing his left nostril, his right hand pinching the sword gesture to the sky, and looking at his parents who were crying with joy with a serious face. He directly passed the initial stage of opening the seven orifices and the heavenly gate, and even completed the method of inhaling, reaching the realm of eating clouds.

The genius's cultivation journey was smooth sailing. After several years, he became one of the ten great masters of Pangshan, in charge of the forbidden secrets department, and led his disciples to explore the most mysterious and vast unknown areas of Taoism.

"Master, it's time to leave. The master has already arrived at the Wuzu Hall." A female servant came forward and said.

Zuo Liuying turned around and was led by two female servants. He bypassed a locust tree that was as high as the clouds, walked across the Exploding Green Bridge made entirely of jasper, turned a few corners, and went down dozens of steps to the place where the master and the masters of Pangshan discussed matters - Wuzu Hall.

A young Qilin stumbled over and did not stand firmly, and sat on the back of Zuo Liuying's feet.

A female servant turned around to move the little beast away, but Zuo Liuying shook his head and stood still.

The young Qilin had not yet fully grown its scales. The horns on its head were just two small protrusions, still soft to the touch. Its belly rose and fell like a bellows. It raised its head and grumbled twice. After trying five times, it finally stood up again and continued to stumble to the other end of the courtyard.

Zuo Liuying loved rare and exotic animals and was willing to spend some time on them, just as he hated noisy mortals and was unwilling to deal with them. ‘6’ ‘9’ ‘s’ ‘h’ ‘u’ ‘x’ ‘.’ ‘c’ ‘o’ ‘m’

He had only had a few experiences of going down the mountain. During that time, he certainly left behind beautiful memories like the glutinous rice cakes in the small town, but more of them were endless noise and quarrels, which almost became his nightmare. After many years, he still needed to spend a small amount of concentration to curb it.

Therefore, he felt that the first topic of today was redundant.

A group of children in a small frontier town inexplicably developed Dao roots because of the invasion of demons. How should they be dealt with? Of course, they should be killed, and the sooner the better.

Zuo Liuying didn't understand why the master hesitated. It was obvious that this was a conspiracy set by the demons. Those children would sooner or later become the enemies of the Taoism. If it were him, he would have taken action in the town long ago.

But he would not go to the town. Zuo Liuying remembered clearly that he had made a vow thirty-six years ago that as long as Pangshan was still there, he would never go down the mountain again.

Zuo Liuying's dissatisfaction with the master Ning Qiwei increased by one point.

The teenagers in the town, Zuo Liuying immediately had the image of a group of wild children with dirty faces, tattered clothes, and strange cries. This was the part of the mortal world that he hated the most, second only to those terrible women with makeup.

His two maids were all wearing plain long skirts, with a simple jade hairpin in their heads, and no other decorations.

Zuo Liuying was the last one to come to the Wuzu Hall. This was his privilege. The master Pangshan and the heads of various subjects were all his juniors. He could occasionally show his arrogance and express his opinions silently in this way.

The cushion for the head of the Forbidden Secret Department was located at the first position on the right hand side of the Grandmaster. Zuo Liuying sat on it, with two female attendants standing behind him. He was also the only person who entered the Wuzu Hall with attendants. Only then did he look at today's little guest.

The 12-year-old boy had a slightly dark complexion and wore a ridiculous straw hat. He still had the smell of grass and soil mixed with the forest and the stench of recently dead monsters.

Like all wild children who didn't know the rules and manners, the boy stood there straight, as if he was fearless, but in fact he was full of fear in his heart. However, this boy was a little different. He had just experienced many things, but he didn't feel sad. Instead, his eyes showed stubbornness and he refused to yield to any gaze.

Zuo Liuying only took a glance to determine that this was a mortal boy who loved to cause trouble.

The Grandmaster is the leader of the Taoist tradition, so he naturally has to be the first to speak. Ning Qiwei stood up and nodded to the ten leaders first, "I think all the leaders have already heard what happened. I will only give a brief introduction. Thirty-four days Not long ago, Li Yuechi, the Five Elements Master of this mountain, discovered a snake demon invaded by a demon species at the northern foot of Pang Mountain, so he followed it all the way and arrived at Yelin Town, thousands of miles southeast. At the same time, fifteen days ago, the Ancient Demon Wasteland suddenly appeared. A large number of demon species fled in seven directions, one of which went straight to Pang Mountain."

Ning Qiwei paused for a moment, "The demon species is in turmoil once in a century. This time it is a few years ahead of schedule, but it is not a big deal. The Nine Dao Daosong and the Shengfu Dynasty have worked together to basically kill all the demon species. But in the wild An accident happened in Lin Town. First, the Five Elements Master Li Yuechi was unfortunately killed. He was careless and thought that there was only one demon species in the snake demon..."

"So he died well." A waitress behind Zuo Liuying, the head of the Forbidden Secret Division, suddenly interrupted.

Except for the young people from outside, no one thought this was rude behavior, especially Grand Master Ning Qiwei. Instead, he nodded to Zuo Liuying and expressed his agreement with the view of the maid behind him, "If you are not good at learning, the Five Elements Master should not be here." Careless in this kind of thing.”

Xiaoqiu glared angrily at the interjecting waitress, intending to defend Li Yuechi, but before going up the mountain, he was given a clear reminder that he was not allowed to speak at will in front of the master and the chiefs, so he forcibly held back.

Ning Qiwei lowered his head and looked at Xiaoqiu. His explanation was not so much for the ten leaders as it was for this boy from Yelin Town. Decades later, the metropolis will be under the control of demons. Li Yuechi does not want to take risks on this kind of thing. This is a necessary preparation for a Five Elements mage. "

"Yeah." Xiaoqiu responded vaguely. He didn't want to reply casually and be accidentally persuaded to commit suicide.

Ning Qiwei raised his head, "Li Yuechi didn't know that a large number of demons were heading toward Yelin Town, so he didn't expect that a demon king was eyeing his inner elixir. The demon king absorbed the demon power and turned into a blue flower, which entered his body and infected nine people in total. ”

"I heard that the Demon King appeared in the residence of a Luanjing Mountain disciple." It was the same waitress. She seemed to be proud of her master and didn't care about the authority of the master.

"Feng Ruhui, the devil is guarding near her residence to intercept these teenagers." Ning Qiwei knew that he would have to pass this test sooner or later, so he remained calm when he said the name.

The leaders chatted among themselves, and finally it was Zuo Liuying's maid who spoke, "I hope the master was not affected by Feng Ruhui when he made his decision."

Xiaoqiu hated the waitress even more. Although Ning Qiwei always wanted the demon-stricken boy to die, he did not do it after all, and took them to Pangshan. Moreover, Xiaoqiu respects Grandma Feng. This is the first time I heard that Her name was Feng Ruhui, and she didn't like the sarcastic attitude of the waitress.

Ning Qiwei did not disappoint Xiaoqiu. He was Pangshan Grandmaster, the leader of Taoism, and ranked first. "This is not the issue we are going to discuss today." He said, staring at Zuo Liuying sternly, reminding him that today The attitude is a little too much.

No one dared to really question the master, and even less did the maid dare. She lowered her head and thought for a while, then said, "Yes, what we are going to discuss today is him, an ordinary child who was attacked by the devil, why did he appear in Pang?" On the Mountain Ancestor Peak, instead of disappearing into ashes and disappearing like Li Yuechi? "

Xiao Qiu almost couldn't help but want to ask the rude waitress, but Ning Qiwei came over and stood in front of him, "Anyone who is invaded by demon species will either die or change. What's even more terrifying is the latter. , Li Yuechi did not want to transform into a demon, so he preferred to commit suicide, but this child was very different from the other eight children. The devil did not leave any traces in their bodies, but instead gave birth to Tao Gu. "

"Everyone?" a leader asked in surprise.

"Nine children, eight boys and one girl, all with Daogen. One moment they were ordinary children, and the next moment they were different. This kind of thing - as far as I know, has never happened ”

The chiefs were whispering to each other again, looking at Xiaoqiu with obviously more curiosity. The two chiefs even stood up and walked to Xiaoqiu, reaching out and pinching him, as if he was a strange beast that had just been sent, "Sure enough, there is. Dao root, and not long after it was born, his body is undergoing changes." The leader who spoke shook his head repeatedly, which was the most exciting expression for a person with profound Taoism.

Xiaoqiu was unaware of the changes in his body, but he could tell that this change was a good thing, so he smiled happily, but he would not hide his inner emotions.

"Nine people!" Another leader stood up, "There are nine people in a small town who have Taoist roots. This is more than the Taoist disciples sent from the capitals of some princely countries. This is simply a miracle. Other Taoists know this. Something?"

"No other Taoist people were present at the time." Ning Qiwei said, knowing that he had taken control of the situation. "But a Talisman Master from Longbinhui discovered the truth and wanted to snatch it. I must take the nine children immediately. Return to Pangshan.”

Everyone looked at each other and nodded one after another to express their agreement with the Grandmaster's choice, with the exception of one person. The waitress spoke again, "This is probably also a kind of 'devil transformation'. The devil is good at conspiracy and tricks. It may be If you want to use this method to plant a traitor in the Nine Dao System, it’s a pity that Pang Shan is the one who fell into the trap.”

"But there is no demonic seed in his body. Even the Demon King does not have the ability to hide the demonic seed without any trace." A leader said, he had firmly sided with the Grandmaster.

"We are not traitors!" Xiaoqiu couldn't help it anymore. She leaned out from behind Ning Qiwei and stared at the waitress angrily. "I don't even know you, why do you always say bad things about us?"

The waitress was questioned and became confused, speechless, and even speechless.

"You can go down the mountain." Ning Qiwei did not stand on Xiaoqiu's side and gave the order coldly.

Xiaoqiu turned around and walked out. He really didn't understand the purpose of calling him up the mountain and not letting him speak.

However, the Grandmaster and the Chiefs knew it clearly: the Wuzu Hall was filled with various magic weapons, which clearly showed that the child who had been directly invaded by the Demon King did not have any demon seeds in his body.

This is the premise of everything. Even if there is only a slight trace of the demon species, genius is not worth retaining.

On the way down the mountain, Xiaoqiu was still angry and asked the little Taoist priest who saw him off: "Who is that woman?"

"What woman? Oh, you mean the waiter at the Forbidden Secret Headquarters?"

"That's right. She was standing behind a white-faced boy. She was not polite to the Grand Master. She seemed to be happy to kill us immediately."

"Ha." The little Taoist priest looked strange and whispered: "The 'white-faced boy' is the first of the forbidden secrets."

"So young?" Xiaoqiu clearly remembered that the man had a handsome face and looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old.

"The first Zuo Liuying is a rare genius in Pangshan who is born in a millennium. He is born in the womb. He is at least three to four hundred years old this year. Is he still young?"

"But he just lets the waiter talk as he pleases?"

"Genius must pay a price." The little Taoist priest looked back before continuing to tell the anecdote, "The head of the Forbidden Secret is a mute and can only speak to others through the waiter."

Xiaoqiu let out a long oh, no wonder the waitress looked embarrassed at that time, it turned out that his anger was directed at the wrong target.

The little Taoist priest lowered his voice and solemnly reminded: "You are in bad luck. The head of the Forbidden Secret is the person who is most wary of demons in Pangshan. He is targeting him... You should be careful in the future."

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